Southwest Airlines is a well-known company featured in our textbook. Over the next 4 weeks, you will take on the fictional role of an intern at Southwest Airlines Human Resources. Yo
Southwest Airlines is a well-known company featured in our textbook. Over the next 4 weeks, you will take on the fictional role of an intern at Southwest Airlines Human Resources. You will utilize the textbook and other professional resources to complete your assessments.
Your first week on the job is filled with learning the ins and outs of HR and the industry. Your manager told you one of your projects is to assist with a new HR strategy for the company. This strategy is broken down into 3 parts that you will work on throughout the course. They are:
- Examining current practices
- Talent recruitment and selection
- Strategy recommendation
Your first task is to examine Southwest's current HR practices, as reported in public sources.
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Wk 2 – HR Design Decisions
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Wk 2 – Apply: HR Design Decisions
Instructions
For each of these 7 HR design decisions, check the box for the choice that most matches where you think Southwest Human Resources falls. While the organization likely does not fall cleanly into one or the other extreme, pick the one that it more clearly resembles. Then, in the right-hand column, evaluate how well that choice works.
Items to consider, but not limited to, in your analysis include:
· The impact on company performance of the approach
· Effectiveness of the approach
· The impact on employee morale and engagement of the approach
· Alignment with the strategy of the approach
Design Decisions
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Choices |
Analysis of how well each choice works |
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View of employees |
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Employees as expenses |
Employees as assets |
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Compensation |
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Below market |
Competitive |
Above market |
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Training and Development |
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Spontaneous |
Planned |
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Job Descriptions |
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Specific |
General |
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Recruitment |
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External |
Mixed |
Internal |
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Onboarding – Socialization of new employees |
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Limited |
Extensive |
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Bargaining |
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Collective |
Individual |
References
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